Senior Program Manager, Japan

Senior Program Manager, Japan

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Job

As a Program Manager (PM), you will orchestrate the development and delivery of complex software and hardware products, ensuring alignment with client needs and company growth strategies. This role requires a unique blend of technical expertise, program management experience, and an understanding of the defense sector. You will work closely with engineering, product, business, and government stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions that meet the needs of our customers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the local customer interface to ensure Anduril's Connected Warfare capabilities are well represented and aligned to Japan's Ministry of Defense challenges and opportunities, working in partnership with Anduril's in-region Growth team
• Provide Project Management and Contract Lead roles working directly with Japan Ministry of Defense customers and partners to develop and deploy Anduril C2 integrated hardware-software products to meet customer and operational needs
• Own the delivery of contract deliverables to include developing and implementing measures of performance and effectiveness, writing technical reports, and creating user engagement roadmaps
• Responsible for monitoring Anduril C2 product connectivity, function, and integration with customers
• Design and implement user feedback loops to gather, triage, and prioritize requirements, feedback, and issues found through the employment of Anduril Connected Warfare products during customer training, exercises, and normal use
• Develop and contribute to a streamlined user feedback and engagement system, which could include issue tracking, training sessions, refreshers, and focused preparation for exercises and events
• Provide input to program and engineering teams to drive the development of product features and configurations that enhance or greatly improve efficiency of user workflows and employment of Anduril Connected Warfare products
• Support engagements with Australia Department of Defence customers and key alliance partners to integrate and accelerate Anduril product adoption across INDOPACOM

Required Qualifications

• Proven customer-facing technical program management experience, preferably in the defense, national security, or aerospace domains. With the ability to create and maintain professional relationships with senior level Japanese customers and partners.
• Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks; ability to work closely and effectively with engineering teams.
• Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders, across a wide range of technical comfort
• Experience in translating and decomposing highly technical concepts into operational requirements and performance specifications
• Authorization to work and reside in Japan
• "Onsite" candidates only
• Fluent in Japanese and English. Fluency in Japanese culture, customs and language
• Ability to travel to meet with customers and support activities with the willingness to travel 50%

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with doctrinal, functional, and technical command and control concepts, principles, and processes
• Experience with defence ICT systems (secret system preferred), tactical data links, and defence C4 systems strongly preferred
• Technical expertise and demonstrated performance in one or more of the following areas: networking, cloud technologies, and/or application development